Basement membrane damage by ROS- and JNK-mediated Mmp2 activation drives macrophage recruitment to overgrown tissue

The molecular mechanisms regulating macrophage recruitment to tumors are unclear. Here, the authors use a Drosophila overgrowth model to show how damaged basement membranes recruit macrophages to undead tissue, via an interdependent effect of reactive oxygen species and matrix metalloproteinase 2.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Neha Diwanji, Andreas Bergmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17399-8